Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced Monday that he would set aside a dispute with Beijing over a shoal in the South China Sea “for now” but would request that Filipino fishermen be allowed to access the resource-rich area.
“I will go to China. We are okay with them. Let’s not dwell on the Scarborough [Shoal] issue for now. We can’t solve it even if we get angry,” he said during a visit to the southern majority Muslim island province of Basilan.
The remarks came ahead of his upcoming visit to China scheduled for Oct. 18-21.
Beijing claims around 90 percent of the South China Sea -- which Manila calls the West Philippine Sea -- despite other Asian counties considering some of its waters, islands and reefs as their territory.
In July, an arbitration court in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in its petition against China's "nine-dash line" claim on a large part of the sea and said fishermen from the Philippines had traditional fishing rights in the Scarborough Shoal, but China had interfered with these rights by restricting access. Beijing declared the court's award "null and void".
[aa.com.tr]
10/10/16
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“I will go to China. We are okay with them. Let’s not dwell on the Scarborough [Shoal] issue for now. We can’t solve it even if we get angry,” he said during a visit to the southern majority Muslim island province of Basilan.
The remarks came ahead of his upcoming visit to China scheduled for Oct. 18-21.
Beijing claims around 90 percent of the South China Sea -- which Manila calls the West Philippine Sea -- despite other Asian counties considering some of its waters, islands and reefs as their territory.
In July, an arbitration court in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in its petition against China's "nine-dash line" claim on a large part of the sea and said fishermen from the Philippines had traditional fishing rights in the Scarborough Shoal, but China had interfered with these rights by restricting access. Beijing declared the court's award "null and void".
[aa.com.tr]
10/10/16
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